Which cable—digital or NR—for Lumin dac/streamer?

[strojo]

Which is recommended for a DAC/streamer device with SMPS power supply—the NR or digital PC?

 

[thyname]

Which exact Lumin DAC are you talking about? Are you looking only at the Venom line, or above it?

 

[strojo]

Lumin T2

Venom or Delta

 

[thyname]

Lumin T2

Venom or Delta

Definitely NR. Alpha NR v2 if you can afford it. If not, Venom NR v12 at a minimum

 

[bernardl]

I gathered from previous discussions that the Venom V14 Digital was designed for such devices wasn't it?

Cheers,
Bernard

 

[Q3Di]

I have the Lumin U1mini and my Alpha NR and Alpha HC won't fit in the IEC because of the hood. Does the Venom V14 Digital have a smaller IEC than the Alpha or Delta series?

 

[Crumhorn]

I gathered from previous discussions that the Venom V14 Digital was designed for such devices wasn't it?

Cheers,
Bernard

The V14 Digital is designed for devices that are purely digital, and contain NO analog circuitry. By definition a DAC has analog outputs, so the filters in the V14 Digital will be a sonic mismatch. Pick the best NR power cord you feel like affording...

 

[bernardl]

Good point, thanks.

 

[wklie]

I have the Lumin U1mini and my Alpha NR and Alpha HC won't fit in the IEC because of the hood. Does the Venom V14 Digital have a smaller IEC than the Alpha or Delta series?

A Lumin D2 customer said he's using Shunyata Venom. The D2 dimension is nearly the same as U1 MINI.

 

[AVphile]

You have explained to me why the basic Venom 14 power cable sounds so much better than the Venom 14 digital connected to my Lumin T2. Thank you.